How ocean modelling improves weather predictions 22 February 2016 Ocean modelling has come to play an ever-growing role in global numerical weather prediction. ECMWF’s ocean expert Magdalena Balmaseda explains why.
ECMWF is looking for its next Director of Forecasts 18 February 2016 ECMWF is recruiting a new Director for its Forecast Department after Florence Rabier left the post to become Director-General of ECMWF.
Sentinel-3A Earth observation satellite launched 17 February 2016 A satellite that will greatly boost Europe’s Earth observation capabilities has gone into orbit after it was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia on 16 February 2016.
How predictable was the current El Niño? 10 February 2016 One of the strongest El Niño events on record peaked in November 2015. How predictable was it? And is it the most extreme ever?
New ‘train the trainer’ course popular with forecasters 5 February 2016 Meteorologists from across ECMWF’s Member States have taken part in a new course designed to help them train others in the use of the Centre’s products.
NASA keen to deepen ties with weather organisations, Chief Scientist says 2 February 2016 NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan has said her organisation is keen to forge closer links with weather forecasting services around the world.
Supercomputer deal boosts prediction capabilities 25 January 2016 ECMWF has signed a contract with Cray Inc. to significantly upgrade its supercomputer facility, enabling the Centre to further improve its numerical weather predictions.
Winter newsletter published 22 January 2016 The Winter 2015/16 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
ECMWF Fellow explores new ideas to boost accuracy in NWP 28 January 2016 Professor Tim Palmer says work on numerical weather prediction (NWP) carried out by his group at the University of Oxford can help ECMWF achieve “more accuracy with less precision”.
Jason-3 satellite launched 18 January 2016 A satellite that can determine sea-surface height to within a few centimetres has gone into orbit after it was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on 17 January.